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13 When Hagar heard what the angel said, she said to herself, ‘I have seen the God who sees me!’ So she called the Lord ‘The God who sees me.’ 14 That is why they called the well in that place ‘Beer Lahai Roi’.[a] The well is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 After some time Hagar gave birth to a son. Abram was his father. Abram gave his son the name ‘Ishmael’.

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  1. 16:14 ‘Beer Lahai Roi’ means ‘Well of the living One who sees me’.

13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,(A)” for she said, “I have now seen[a] the One who sees me.”(B) 14 That is why the well(C) was called Beer Lahai Roi[b];(D) it is still there, between Kadesh(E) and Bered.

15 So Hagar(F) bore Abram a son,(G) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(H) to the son she had borne.

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  2. Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.